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don't pass me a comb
C#m B
cause I got me a poem running through my mind
E
don't remind me you're dead
C#m B
cause i'd rather think instead of the times you lived
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forcing the circumstance
C#m B
chasing ambulances up the road
E
was that a laugh or cough?
C#m
please drop my cousin off
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he's heading home to Perth
C# B
he got his money's worth in Canada
C#m G#m
but he sure had a lot to say about America today
A E
she's been beaten up, she's been battered down
C#m
but we all get confused
G#m
lose sight of those tiny clues
A B
chasing ambulances
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some chasing the mighty buck
C#m E
some chase till their wheels get stuck
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some chasing piles of dirt
C#m B
some chasing a piece of skirt
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some chasing their own tails
C#m
some chase till all else fails
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some chasing common sense
C#m B
some chasing a picket fence
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me, i'd rather chase you down
C#m B
don't ask me how I found the balls to say "hey, hey, hey..."
C#m G#m
but I sure got a lot to learn about waiting for my turn
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but i've been beaten up, i've been battered down
C#m
but we all get confused
G#m
lose sight of those tiny clues
A B
chasing ambulances
E A B
i'd rather chase you down, yeah
E A B
not ambulances, child, no
E A B
i'd rather chase you down
not ambu-
E A C#m B
Not ambulances, child, no, no...
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